a reblog covering NYC’s sustainability scene
Posted in Health, Parks and Open Space, Politics, Waste, Water on Mar 24th, 2008
Newtown Creek is one of NYC’s dirtiest little secrets. By now, most folks know about the enormous oil spill that still sits stagnant, but if you need a recap, this Mother Jones article from last fall is a great start.
Well there’s some (a little) good news on the Newtown front. There are […]
Posted in Waste on Mar 19th, 2008
Some rather encouraging news from NYLCV’s ecopolitics daily:
The New York City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have hammered out a compromise on electronics-waste recycling that will allow much of the initiative to go forward while avoiding a veto from the mayor.
According to the Daily News, the Council has separated legislation it passed last month into […]
The Gotham Gazette’s Wonkster blog had a nice item last Friday about a couple of ways that groups can raise money through materials recycling collection. Writer Mike Muller took an admirable approach in this piece, focusing on how schools or charitable groups could use these programs–in this case EcoPhones and Wearable Collections–to raise funds […]
Back and forth week for the new electronics recycling law passed by City Council.
First, there’s this:
NEW YORK (February 13, 2008) – The New York City Council passed groundbreaking legislation (Intro. 104-A) today that would institute a city-wide electronics recycling program for the 25,000 tons […]
Posted in Business, Climate Change, Community, Design, Energy, Environmental Justice, Food, Green Building, Health, Lifestyle, Livable Streets, Parks and Open Space, Politics, Technology, Transportation, Waste, Water on Feb 13th, 2008
Popular Science ranks the country’s 50 Greenest Cities in its latest issue and New York comes in at a respectable #20, despite being beaten out by Boston and Chicago. The magazine used raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Geographic Society’s Green Guide, which collected government statics and survey data across 30 different sustainability categories. Pop Sci then distributed these statistics across four broad categories: electricity, transportation, green living, and recycling and green perspective. Cities earned points for items such as their number of LEED-certified buildings, how much energy they draw from renewable sources, how many commuters use public transportation or carpool, and how much land they devote to public green space.